Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 20:25

A church father on this verse
“And the place of David appeared empty, etc. To unbelievers, the place of Christ appears empty in the Scriptures; because although they recount the entire series of the Old Testament, they do not deserve to find Him whom the learned scribe in the kingdom of heaven knows to find nearly everywhere in the divine pages. Th…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Samuel

Source: Septuagint

Original

25And he sat upon his seat as in former times, even on his seat by the wall, and he went before Jonathan; and Abner sat on one side of Saul, and the place of David was empty.

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In context

23And as for the word which thou and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is witness between me and thee forever.

24So David hides himself in the field, and the new month arrives, and the king comes to the table to eat.

— 1 Samuel 20:25 —

26And Saul said nothing on that day, for he said, It seems to have fallen out that he is not clean, because he has not purified himself.

27And it came to pass on the morrow, on the second day of the month, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jesse attended both yesterday and today at the table?

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